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Cabins open April through October. Guided Tour Booking. Great American Dollhouse Museum Fascinating for adults and children alike, the museum contains over intricate and beautifully detailed miniature buildings and scenes from throughout history and across the globe.

Hemp Highway This self-directed, free tour winds through the beautiful Bluegrass countryside, highlighting sites of interest in the rich story of hemp production in Kentucky. Jacobs Hall — Kentucky School for the Deaf This museum showcases life for deaf students in 19th-century Danville at one of the only institutions of its kind at that time.

Closed November through January. Learn More. Historical marker in Danville commemorates the town's namesake, Walker Daniel. One who knew Daniel called him "a young gentleman of rare talents," and one who "gave promise of great distinction. Danville's location on the famed Wilderness Road brought….

Historical Marker commemorates Grayson's Tavern, a popular meeting spot in Danville constructed by Benjamin Grayson in Used by local residents and travelers, Grayson's Tavern was an important part of Kentucky's early…. Historical Marker in Danville commemorates an African American business district that stood near present-day Constitution Square for more than years. There, in , Danville physican Ephraim McDowell performed the world's first successful abdominal operation when he removed a twenty-two pound ovarian tumor….

Historical Marker in Danville commemorates the founding of the Kentucky School for the Deaf KSD , "the first state-supported school in the United States for the instruction of deaf children. Historical Marker 49 at Constitution Square in Danville commemorates the site of Kentucky's earliest district court sessions.

Before , Kentucky was part of Virginia. Therefore, ten years before statehood, Virginia law created the…. Danville was incorporated in It was the birthplace of James G.

Birney and of Theodore O'Hara. The estate tax or pickup tax is a tax on the estate equal to the amount by which the credit for state death taxes allowable under the federal estate tax law exceeds the Kentucky inheritance tax. Legislation was passed under the federal Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of , which enacted a five year phase out of the estate tax for the commonwealth beginning with dates of death after Jan 1, Centre College, a four year liberal arts college with students, is the largest of five area higher education institutions, with classes open to retirees.

Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, in downtown Danville, has patient beds and physicians in all major fields. About Contributors Contact. Population: 15, Cost of Living: Below average. Podcasts No podcasts just yet. Check back weekly! Ben Carson visits Altavista as a part of Veterans Day celebration in Central Virginia Hotel, restaurant and event space proposed for downtown Lynchburg Hospitalization rates continue a steady decline in Lynchburg area Va.

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